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And the match will be hailed as the greatest of all time...
Will be Roger able to take four grand slams next year?
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And the match will be hailed as the greatest of all time...
gj011
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Laver's were done on two surfaces (grass and clay).
TheTruth
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My bad. Typing too fast. Thanks for the correction!
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Am I the only one that understood this as will Federer have the stamina to play 4 grand slams?
Cup8489
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yep. the way to OP made the title, it seems he meant that he believes fed will WIN all 4. still a hugely difficult task, but if he knuckles down...who knows. it IS federer, after all. he's won 3 of the 4 more than once, convincingly. i think it's about as likely as nadal winning all four, but we just have to wait and see.
Steffi Graf, but that's women's side. If we're talking about men's, then yea, never been done in a single year.
thalivest
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yeah and while Graf is a truly great player, but maybe the best female player and by far one of the 3-4 best women players ever, who was her competition to achieve this. An aging Navratilova and Evert, an underachieving and mentally frail Sabatini, a very young Sanchez Vicario, a dangerous but gangly and awkward Sukova, an even more underachieving and mentally frail Zvereva, a tactically clueless and inconsistent Garrison. So I guess to pull it off you would have to be an amazing player like Graf, and have the most pitiful competition as Graf did in 1988.
TheTruth
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Yeah, I know Steffi did it, but you're right, I was talking about the ATP. Do you think we'll ever see it again?
I didn't know that losing 5-7 3-6 6-7 is considered as being destroyed..
Cup8489
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to fed haters, any excuse for losing could be called being destroyed
like someone saying federer was destroyed in the wimbledon final this year, when nothing could be further from the truth.
Cyan
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Fed will win 1 or 2 slams in 2009. No more. The competition is more fierce than ever before in this decade. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't be surprised if Fed only wins 1 slam in 2009. Just look at the players going to the YEC this year, toughest top 8 in many years. A look of what's to come in 2009. VERY competitive year, no one will dominate, certainly not pushing 30 Fed... Sorry...
Safinator_1
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I would say HELL NO i dont care how great he is, i would be sick to my stomach if he did that Tennis would be boring again
Well, that's true. But she did have SOME competition. It isn't like today where the Williams sisters just steam roll competition like it's the early 2000s, despite the fact that Serena is way out of shape, and Venus is aging and well out of her prime. I mean, Seles did give her quite a run for her money, and Graf was a threat to win slams even near the end of her career, where she did face quite a few good opponents (Davenport for one).
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carlos djackal
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nope, don't think so, he will be hardpressed to win two slams next year but still is possible...
Rickson
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Pete's record is going down in 09! This I will guarantee. As for 4, I doubt it, but 3 is possible and at least 2 for sure. Wimbledon is a sure thing, but I fear Roger may get complacent if he wins the Australian so he won't care as much about winning his 16th slam at Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
GOD_BLESS_RAFA
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Fed should consult Graaf first she is the player that won 4 grand slams in a year I know
Thanks for the laugh.
Prince-of-Lies
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I'm not too sure. He won't beat Nadal on clay, and the way i saw it, he was pretty not to lose to Nadal in straight sets at Wimbledon as well. He could still win Aus/US open but I think ppl like Murray and Djokovic are going to take it up another level againt next season. He'll win a slam, but its 1-2 at most.
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thalivest
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Not a prayer. Even if Nadal missed the French Open with some flukish injury he still wouldnt do it. In that crazy event he might arguably become the favorite for all 4, but he is in no way dominant enough anymore to pull it off. As it is if Nadal is healthy nobody except Nadal has a chance to win the French. Nadal and Federer go into Wimbledon with almost equal odds probably. Federer might got into the two hard court slams as the slight favorite, but there are 3 or 4 guys with a good shot to win so by no means a runaway. If he were to win 2 slams he would be thrilled I bet. Even 3 would be unreasonable probably.
I agree he has a decent chance to win in 3 of the Slams and he would have a great chance at RG if Nadal gets injured, etc. But there are also some things you have to consider:
His age is going to become a big factor from now. It´s really tough to mantain his level from 2004-07 both mentally and physically. Those are really high standards to mantain for more than 4-5 years especially in this era where the game is physically more demanding than ever.
He reached the semifinals at the AO but he was close to losing in the early rounds against Tipsarevic and his loss in the semifinals was in straight sets.
He reached the final at RG again but the final wasn´t competitive unlike in previous years and his game was far from convincing before the final.
He dominated at Wimbledon until the final and it´s true that it was a close 5 setter but you can´t deny that he won the 3rd and 4th sets by a hair in really close tie-breaks even saving matchpoint in the 4th. Out of 5 sets he played against Nadal he didn´t win one set convincingly.
Then he won the USO but he didn´t play so well before the final and he also had to play a 5 setter in the early rounds. And he didn´t win any Masters Series this year. So it´s true that he made the semifinals or better in all the Slams but I don´t feel he is a lock in the semifinals of every Slam after this year and the top players above/behind him are at least 5 years younger.
All these factors make me think that we will not see the Federer of 2004-07 again. This is not to bash Federer, it´s just the way I see it.
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That´s what I thought as well until the 2007 Hamburg final that went to 3 sets in a best of 3.
thalivest
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Very well good analysis. You are very right, and all factors considered, like I said I think Federer and his fans should both be thrilled if he even gets 2 slams next year, and not too dissapointed if he gets only 1.
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